United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana and the Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas

Experience

Organized,
supervised, and oversaw defense of Transocean during the joint USCG/BOEMRE
Joint Investigation hearings resulting from the Deepwater Horizon environmental
disaster, which resulted in twelve fatalities and billions of dollars of
alleged property damage.

Lead
counsel for inland drilling contractor regarding the capsize of an inland
drilling barge which resulted in eleven fatalities and multiple injuries.

Lead
counsel for domestic excess property insurer of major metropolitan school board
involving Hurricane Katrina related damages to approximately one hundred and
fifty buildings.

Counsel
for excess underwriters of oil company whose tank overflowed, spilling over one
million gallons of oil into St. Bernard Parish, which was caused by Hurricane
Katrina flooding.

Lead
counsel for excess underwriters of oil company regarding a land drilling rig
accident, which resulted in seven fatalities and multiple injuries.

Lead
counsel for excess insurer of a tractor trailer company for major accident
occurring on the elevated portion of I-10 between Baton Rouge and Lafayette,
which resulted in five fatalities and numerous injuries.

Lead
counsel for excess insurer of a major oilfield subcontractor in an accident
which resulted in an employee’s loss of both legs.

Lead
counsel for excess underwriters of oil company refinery regarding explosion
which resulted in severe burns to four workers.

Counsel
for excess underwriters of vegetation management company in connection with the
most destructive wildfire in Texas history which resulted in two fatalities and
destruction of 1,691 homes and 34,000 acres.

Counsel
for excess underwriters of brine mining company in connection with sinkhole of
approximately 35 acres which resulted in alleged millions of dollars of
property damage.

Counsel for excess underwriter of oil company involved in Canadian train
derailment, which resulted in approximately fifty deaths and alleged billions
of dollars of property damage.

Lead
counsel for excess underwriters of trucking company in Arkansas accident which
resulted in a fatality and permanent brain damage claims.

Lead
counsel for underwriters of oil company regarding a barge explosion which
occurred during welding operations and resulted in five fatalities.